Sydney, 5th July, 2004 – Beyond Distribution closed a number of sales to Eastern Europe during a bumper DISCOP 2004.
Sales were strong across all genres and included: a package of over 50 hours of factual, children’s and feature film titles to new Romanian channel Credo TV, set to launch in the Fall 04; a movie package including SMALL CLAIMS, THE VECTOR FILE and THREE BLIND MICE and a doco package of BORN AGAINST THE ODDS and PRIVATE LIVES OF LITTLE PEOPLE to Slovak TV; Beyond’s flagship edutainment children’s series BACKYARD SCIENCE to pubcaster RTV Bosnia & Herzegovina; and an additional documentary package to Spetkrum Hungary and Ceska Programova Spolecnost, Czech & Slovak Republic’s for factual titles from Greenstone Pictures including THE MIGHTY MOA and WHO’S KILLING THE KIWI.
Emma Simpkins, Beyond’s VP Sales - Eastern Europe says “The increased demand for programming and the possibility of future growth from Central & Eastern Europe make this region extremely appealing to Beyond. Attending DISCOP allows for quality time with buyers to strengthen business relationships and close deals with a number of broadcasters across a variety of programming genres”.
Celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2004/5, Beyond is a leading independent distributor of world-class television programs, with offices in Sydney, London and New York. Beyond Distribution's name is synonymous with programmes of mass appeal to television audiences worldwide. A subsidiary of Beyond International Limited, its current international sales catalogue comprises over 5,000 hours of top quality and multi-award winning programming, produced both by Beyond Productions, its production joint ventures and independent producers.
Beyond Distribution distributes programming from a growing roster of high-profile producers and broadcasters including Pax TV, BBC, ABC Australia, Pilot Film & Television Productions, Beyond Productions, Greenstone Productions and Chapman Pictures, Network Ten and the Seven Network. The Beyond catalogue covers a broad spectrum of genres including documentary, natural history, science, drama, children's entertainment, adventure, information and magazine programming.
For further information please contact:
Katie Johnson
T: +61 2 9437 2097
katie_johnson@beyond.com.au
or
Rhiannon Haughee
T: + 61 2 9437 2098
rhiannon_haughee@beyond.com.au
published: Monday, July 05, 2004 
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